Contraception
- 220 million women want to plan their childbearing but do not have access to it (global)
- 87 million unintended pregnancies per year (global)
- 46 million terminations of pregnancy (global)
- 9% of women use medicalized contraceptives (West Africa)
Population
- 8 billion people (global, 2023)
- 82 million: annual global population growth
- 1.3 billion women of reproductive age (15-49) (global)
- 1.5 billion people (Africa)
- 2.2 billion people (Africa, projected 2060)
Fertility
- 1.5 children per woman (Switzerland)
- 2.5 children per woman (global)
- 4.6 children per woman (Africa)
- 5.0 children per woman (Benin)
- 7.3 children per woman (Niger) (worldwide record)
Current risks
- 100,000 women die each year from unplanned pregnancies (global)
- 60,000 deaths per year due to unsafe abortions (global)
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